Roche Cedes CEDIA DOA Reagents, Seals Corange Deal March 5
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Roche is negotiating with potential buyers of Boehringer Mannheim's Closed Enzyme Donor Immuno Assay (CEDIA) reagents for drugs-of-abuse (DOA) testing to comply with conditions of a Feb. 24 Federal Trade Commission settlement. The FTC settlement cleared the way for Roche's $10.2 bil. acquisition of Corange, the parent company of Boehringer Mannheim and DePuy.
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